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Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma 

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
1873-1908 



Being a Short Narrative of Kappa Sigma's Career at 

Old Trinity, with An Account of the Fraternity 

at New Trinity to the Present Time 



By 
JOHN COOPER WINSLOW 



Published by the Chapter under the Supervision of 
its Committee, who wish hereby to acknowledge 
Indebtedness for Editorial Assistance. 

Luther Gehrmann White, '08. 

John Cooper Winslow, '08. 

John Reuben Woodard, Jr., '06. 



DURHAM, N. C. 

Prbss of The Sbeman Primtbrt 

1908 






Gin 
Author 
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15 f '09 



IN MEMORIAM 

WILLIAM MOSELEY SMITH 

SON OF 

Rev.Thomas Walter AND Mary Hubbard Smith 



Prepared at Concord (N. C.) High School; Entered Trinity 
College September, 1902; Member of Columbian Literary 
Society, Y. M. C. A., Tombs, Kappa Sigma Fraternity; 
Assistant Baseball Manager 1902-3; Member of Base- 
ball Team 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6, 1906-7; Captain 
of Baseball Team 1905-6, 1906-7; Business 
Manager of Trinity Archive 1905-6; President 
of Senior Class 1905-6; Received Degree of 
B. A. 1905-6; Business Manager of South 
Atlantic Quarterly 1906-7; Received 
Degree of M. A. 1906-7. .'. .-. .'. 



BORN CONCORD. N. C. OCTOBER 2,1884. 
DIED DURHAM, N. C, JUNE 27, 1907. 



PREFACE 



In an issue of the Star and Crescent, March, 1906, 
a suggestion appeared that the early history of Eta 
Prime would afford a fertile field for investigation. 
Acting upon this suggestion, the Chapter, late in the 
session of 1905-6, made me Historian. Bta Prime 
existed at Old Trinity under its old name Eta from 
1873 to 1879, then became inactive, and was revived at 
Trinity, Durham, N. C, in 1892. Under the Instruc- 
tions of the Chapter, I considered my work as Histo- 
rian finished, when the period at Old Trinity had 
been written up and published in pamphlet form. 
This pamphlet came from the press on December 14, 
1907. 

Under the unwonted stress of a sudden and acute 
attack of nervous prostration, our esteemed friend 
and brother, William Moseley Smith, took his own 
life, June 27, 1907. He was an exceedingly close 
friend to me and to other members of this Chapter, 
and he was our representative at the Grand Conclave, 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1906. While in college 
he exerted a peculiarly potent and wholesome influ- 
ence throughout the entire community, being promi- 
nent especially in athletic circles. At the beginning of 
the present session, 1907-8, the idea of a memorial 
to him lay deep in the hearts of us all. On this ac- 
count, with considerable aid from other members of 
the Chapter, I have continued this sketch of Eta 
Prime's history to the present time, actuated in the 
later period almost wholly by the hoi>e that through 
it his memory might be suitably honored by me and 



vi Preface. 

the other members of this Chapter. I say, without 
the slightest hesitation, that it has been a work of 
the deepest love of man for man. 

By way of acknowledgments, I wish to say that 
Brother John R. Woodard, Jr., has cheerfully ren- 
dered me indispensable aid from the beginning of my 
undertaking. Also, in the later part, I am under very 
deep obligations to Brother Gilmer Korner, Jr. To 
Brother Russell D. Korner, I am indebted for exceed- 
ingly efficient stenographic work. To all others who 
have helped me in any way, I return my heartfelt 
gratitude. 

John Coopeb Winslow, '08. 

Trinity College, Durham, N. C, March 19, 1908. 



CONTENTS 



PAGB 

A Tribute xiii 

An Appreciation xy 

Founding of the Original Eta Chapter 1 

Policy of the New Chapter 5 

Early Relations Between Zeta and the Old Eta 8 

Trinity College in the Seventies 9 

Growth and Prosperity of the Chapter 16 

Eta Prime During the Session of 1878-9 18 

The Disbanding of the Chapter 22 

The Inception of the "Devil's Thirteen" 25 

The "Owls" 28 

Activities Previous to Re-establishment 30 

Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities 40 

Establishment of Alpha-Mu 44 

Action of Board of Trustees 46 

New Arrivals 48 

Beta Upsilon 49 

Non-Fraternity Activities 49 

Theta Nu Epsilon 52 

Meetings of District IV 53 

Letters to Alumni 55 

Commencement Banquets 55 

Chapter Roll 61 



4. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



William Moseley Smith. 

Facsimile of Eta Pbime's Fibst Chabteb. 

FotJNDEB AND Chabteb Membebs. 

Membebs. at Old Tbinity. . 

Membebs at Old Tbinity. 

Membebs at Old Tbinity. 

The "Owls." 

Chapteb Gboup 1907-8. 




William Moselev Smith 



He did good just by living. 

To his friends he imparted courage and inspiration. 

To his teachers he accorded a cheerful responsiveness. 

To his college he gave unreserved loyalty. 



A TRIBUTE 



Oh, Friend and Shade, afar — yet near, 

Whose presence mem'ry makes so real, 
Unfathomed spaces twixt us set, 

And yet I speak to you and feel 
As one who talks to bosom friend 

Who walks beside him in the night, 
Whose voice is heard, -A^hose face unseen, 

Whose nearness is like gleam and light. 

The springtide days are done, the life 

All prized so highly, spent, but when 
I hear these many friends 

Speak soft your name, it seems again 
You live and with us move and work. 

That blinding thought that numbed your brain, 
That hand all sick and weary and its deed — 

'Tis all forgot! And God does reign! 

Within your days, within your life. 

There burned a pure and holy flame; 
A thousand loves encircled round 

Your being, friends that called your name 
With smiles. So short a span of days! 

I would more lived as honest and 
As brave a life. And these are blessed 

Who knew you in our honored band. 

I think from out that high dim world, 

Your spirit eyes these pages see, ^■ 

You know the love that wrought the work 

We hallow to your memory. 
Oh weak memorial that we bring, 

Yet penned in strength and courage true, 
Because your spirit penetrates 

And breathes these proffered pages through. 

A. Sabtob Bebghauseb, '08. 



AN APPRECIATION 



Trinity College has suffered greatly in recent years 
from the untimely death of some of her most loyal 
and promising alumni. The latest of these, and the 
youngest, was William M. Smith, whose tragic death 
cast a gloom over the college community. While he 
had not had time to give evidence of such ability as 
Avery, Flowers, and Bivins displayed in various ways, 
all who knew him in college looked forward with con- 
fidence to a life of genuine, and even brilliant, success. 
As he had settled down to business in Durham, there 
is every reason to believe that he would have been 
one of the most active of the local alumni, vitally in- 
terested in the future work and plans of the institu- 
tion. 

This confidence in his future was based upon the fact 
that he had for five years displayed unusual qualities 
of leadership in college life. He was, first of all, a 
faithful and successful student. He was not a "grind," 
nor a pedant, but he realized that his main business in 
college was to get an education ; he did not look upon 
class-room work as an incident, although he was prom- 
inent in all departments of college life. His teachers 
recall that in the full tide of a baseball season he 
kept up his work surprisingly well. He knew how to 
concentrate his mind on the work in hand. His 
answers were always definite, clear-cut, incisive; he 
did not get everything, but what he got he mastered. 
On class he was always attentive, oi)en-minded, 



xvi An Appreciation. 

appreciative. He graduated cum laude, missing magna 
cum laude by only a fraction of a point. His coming 
back to take bis M. A. degree was a manifestation of 
bis desire for better training. Seme of bis best work 
was done during his graduate year. Tbe best exami- 
nation paper be ever wrote for me was Ms last. 

His success in class-room work gave additional em- 
pbasis to /bis leadership in otber fields of college life. 
He was an integral member of a community upon 
whose life, traditions land ideals he exercised a forma- 
tive influence. He was, as this volume dedicated to 
his memory so 'ivell shows, one of the leaders in his 
fraternity. He must be reckoned as one of the two or 
three men who did most to put tbe fraternity upon its 
present prosperous course. Such leaders are of incal- 
culable service to a college ; they become the most valu- 
able allies of the college administration in imaintain- 
ing the proper ideals oif student life. 

Smith was, of course, most widely known as an 
athlete. It is a commonplace to say that the college 
never bad a better shortstop or captain. His brilliant 
plays on the diamond are part of our athletic history. 
As captain for two years he won the admiration of 
his team and the respect of all who opposed him on 
the field. He was not a loud talker, nor one who was 
likely to antagonize an opposing team, but when 
situations demanded he could be firm and decisive. 
His true dhairacter was most evident when he was ral- 
lying his team from apparent defeat. However, it is 
not as an individual player or as captain that he will 
have his permanent place in the history of Trinity Col- 
lege. He must be counted along with Bradsher as one 
who did a great deal to support the athletic manage- 
ment in its insistence upon athletic reform. There are 
times when any student body will grow restive under 
strict regulations, especially when it is impossible to 



An Appreciation. xvii 

get games with rival colleges, but not a word of dis- 
loyalty ever oame from either of these captains ; on the 
other hand, both of them gave the weight of their in- 
fluence to the cause of pure athletics. Many will recall 
the speech made ^by iSmith at the beginning of last year 
at the Y. M. C. A. banquet, when he stated with 
much emphasis and real convincing power ihis belief 
in the policy to which the athletic management was 
committed. 

This incident suggests also that Smith was a posi- 
tive force in the religious life of the community. He 
was not only a member and at one time an officer of 
the Y. M. C. A., but he was a regular aittendant at 
President Kilgo's "class-meeting." There was in his 
religious faith the same positiveness of conviction, the 
same manly spirit, that we have noted in other phases 
of his character. Though he was not one of the most 
active workers in the annual revival meetings, he did 
work in private with his ifriends that few ever knew 
about. In a college community where there is an 
almost inevitable cleavage between two distinct types 
of men — sometimes called saints and sports — it 
means mmch to have a man like Smith who comhines 
with good fellowship and jovial participation in all 
forms of athletic and social life, genuine piety and de- 
votion. He was an aggressive force for righteous liv- 
ing. 

One of the best illustrations of his power of leader- 
ship (was his management of the banquet given by stu- 
dents of Trinity College to the delegates from other 
institutions at a Young Men's Christian Association 
Convention held here in the spring of 1907. Smith was 
requested to take in hand the management of the 
banquet. Securing the cooperation of two or three of 
his best friends, he went to work and within one day 
put 'through one of the most successful banquets ever 



xviii An Appreciation. 

held at Trinity College. Disappointed by the failure 
of servants to appear, he put on an apron and himself 
served the cream from the kitchen, and then came into 
the main banquet hall and led the cheering. Certainly 
no more delightful occasion was ever held here, and 
much of its success was due to Smith's industry, com- 
mon sense and good cheer. 

This same spirit of business-like leadership was evi- 
denced in his management of the Archive. At the 
time when the Chronicle had just been started, and 
some said that the Archive might suffer by reason of 
the division of advertising, he managed it with con- 
summate success. During his graduate year he was 
business manager of the South Atlantic Quarterly, 
and proved himself to be a most efficient worker. 
Whether handling the correspondence, or sending out 
the magazines, or soliciting subscribers from this 
State and others, he was eminently successful. He 
never returned from one of his trips without a good 
batch of subscribers. The work that he did will be 
of permanent good, and he must be counted among 
those who have done most to extend the influence of 
the magazine. 

It wias in association with him in this last named 
work that I learned to know Smith most intimately. 
As a member of the Faculty I had felt the truth of 
all the points that have here tbeen made ; but my ad- 
miration for him was enhanced when I came to know 
him as a friend and companion. There was no disillu- 
sionment. No one ever knew him intimately without 
feeling the charm of his personality and the nobility of 
his character. There was a fascination about him that 
made him a leader in the college community as well as 
the hero of the little boys that played on the campus. 
His smiling face, his cheery voice, his buoyant faith, 
his masterfulness in everything he undertook, his 



An Appreciation. xix 

warmth of friendship, — ^^all these are among the sacred 
inheritances of those who knew him intimately. And 
therefore it was with the most poignant regret that I 
read in a newspaper in a Western State last summer 
the sad account of his death. Time has not lessened 
this regret. It is with peculiar joy that I contem- 
plate /this volume dedicated to his memory. 

Edwin Mims, 
Professor of English Literature, Trinity College. 





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Facsimile of Zeta's Authorization to James Henry Durham for the 
Establishment of the Trinity Chapter. 



AN HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



The facsimile which appears opposite is of an 
original document in possession of Eta Prime, 
and represents the first written authority upon 
which a Chapter of Kappa Sigma was ever estab- 
lished. Beta Chapter at the University of Ala- 
bama had been established in 1871, preceding 
Eta Prime by two years; but, while this act was 
authorized by vote of Zeta Chapter, no written 
charter was ever issued, and the Chapter was 
short-lived.* This was in the days when the 
power to govern Kappa Sigma lay entirely in 
Zeta, then the Grand Chapter, before this office 
was abolished at the Grand Conclave at Rich- 
mond in 1878. The name Eta remained to the 
Trinity Chapter until 1879, when all chapters at 
Trinity were disbanded. In 1888 this name was 
given to the chapter which was established in 
that year at Randolph-Macon College. Accord- 
ingly then, when the original Eta was restored in 

*"The second Chapter of this name (Beta) was located at 
Mercer TTniversity, Macon, Ga., and was the offspring of H. 
Chapter, being established by Dr. W. A. Thomas, of Bartow, 
then of Davisboro, Ga. Founded sometime in 1875." — OLD 
CATALOGUE, pub. 1886. The Chapter at the University of 
Alabama being re-established in 1891 under its old nameBeta, 
the name of the Chapter at Mercer University was changed to 
Alpha-Beta, by which name it is now known. 



2 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

1892, to prevent confusion and at the same time 
allow the revived Chapter to retain as much as 
possible of the old name, Brother F. K. Farr, 
who was W. G. M. C. at that time, suggested 
that the Trinity Chapter be known as Eta Prime. 
The suggestion was adopted, and thus the first 
permanent offspring of Zeta Chapter again be- 
came marked for particular notice. 

Another peculiar fact with reference to this 
third oldest Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Frater- 
nity is that all the advances came from the fra- 
ternity. However, such procedure was then 
common among college fraternities, especially 
in the South. The men at Trinity that became 
charter members had never petitioned any fra- 
ternity for a charter, and were practically unor- 
ganized at the time of their initiation. Brother 
James Henry Durham, the founder of the Chap- 
ter, says that there were no negotiations between 
any member or members of 
FOUNDING OF ^eta Chapter, at the University 

at Trmity College when he 
established the Trinity Chapter in 1873. 

Among the active members of Zeta Chapter, 
during the session 1872-73, were at least four 
North Carolinians, Brothers Samuel Macon 
Smith, James Henry Durham, Francis Irwin Os- 
borne, and Thomas Wright Strange, together 
with Brother Steven Alonzo Jackson, "the gol- 



Founding of Original Eta Chapter. 3 

den-hearted Virginian," who was the most active 
member of the Chapter during that session. It is 
reasonable to suppose that the suggestion of the 
founding of the Chapter at Trinity College came 
from one of these. At this time the fraternities 
at the University of Virginia were especially dis- 
posed to branch out and establish chapters at 
other colleges. The Alpha Tau Omega Fra- 
ternity in particular was thought to be contem- 
plating the establishment of a chapter at Trinity 
College (Alpha Tau Omega had been established 
at Trinity during the session of 1871-72, but 
this fact was not generally known at the Univer- 
sity of Virginia), and so some of the members 
of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, knowing that 
Brother Durham had been a student at Trinity 
for two years, suggested at one of their informal 
meetings, that, as Brother Durham was going 
home to Wilmington, N. C, in a few days, he go 
by Trinity and establish this Chapter; which he 
did, having provided himself with the necessary 
authority from Zeta Chapter. 

Brother Durham arrived at Trinity, February 
28, 1873, on the morning mail-stage and stayed 
at the College only a part of one day and night, 
finding very few of the boys there whom he had 
known two years before. He did find one of his 
former classmates, however, Adolphus Richard 
Wortham, of the Junior Class, with whom he had 
been intimately associated during the whole of 



4 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

his college life there. Brothers Durham and 
Wortham had been together one session in the 
preparatory department and one session in the 
college as freshmen. Brother Wortham's room 
became Brother Durham's headquarters and his 
roommate, Thomas Taylor, was promptly intro- 
duced to Kappa Sigma's representative and con- 
sulted as to the propriety of including a third 
party in the rites and ceremony of the Trinity 
Chapter at its inception. They finally decided to 
include a third person, but to extend the invita- 
tion no further, because the day's proceedings 
were necessarily hurried and the elected ones 
wanted time to deliberate. Brother Taylor was 
at that time a member of the Freshman Class, 
having entered Trinity from Granville County 
some two or three weeks before, about February 
1st, as a total stranger, and had been invited to 
room with Brother Wortham through the instru- 
mentality of Brother Wortham's married sister, 
who lived close to Brother Taylor's home. 

The other member of the trio initiated by 
Brother Durham was a freshman, Ned H. 
Tucker, taking the scientific course, who was 
boarding at the same place with Brother Wor- 
tham and who was Brother Wortham's warm 
personal friend. Brother Tucker was a native of 
Iredell County, N. C, and, as an old chapter-mate 
of his says, "was a fine man." Brothers Wor- 
tham, Taylor, and Tucker, all, were members of 



Policy of the New Chapter. 5 

the Hesperian tviterary Society, of which society 
Brother Durham had also been a member; so 
that night they were taken to the Hesperian Hall, 
duly initiated and appointed to offices as follows : 
Adolphus Richard Wortham, G. M.; Thomas 
Taylor, G. M. C.; and Ned H. Tucker, G. S. 
No one of these can properly be called the first 
initiate, because Brother Durham administered 
the oath, delivered his instructions from Zeta 
Chapter, and outlined the fraternity work to 
them all at the same time. All this was done, 
though, only after Brother Durham had obtained 
permission from Dr. Craven, president of the 
college, for the existence and legitimate growth 
of the new Chapter. 

At that time Trinity College was located at the 
small village of Trinity, Randolph County, N. C, 
five miles from High Point, and had about two 

hundred matriculates. There 
POLICY OF THE 
NEW CHAPTER ^^^^ already two fraternities 

at Trinity— Chi Phi, intro- 
duced in 1871, and Alpha Tau Omega in 1872. 
Kappa Sigma was not introduced in opposition 
to these fraternities in any sense, but because it 
was recognized that there was room in college for 
another. Neither Brother Wortham, nor Taylor, 
nor Tucker was a member of any fraternity or 
club at the time of his initiation except that each 
was a member of the Hesperian Literary Society. 
On account of the high standing of the charter 



6 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

members of the new Chapter there was no 
trouble in getting good men to join, and in a 
short time there were some ten or twelve of the 
best men in college associated with them. The 
policy of this Chapter from the very first was to 
exercise the greatest care in the selection of the 
very best men and to solicit only those who were 
of the highest moral and social standard. The 
Chapter's members were expected to aid in the 
development of a high type of life in the college, 
and so to conduct themselves that the words 
Kappa Sigma and gentlemen should be synony- 
mous. For this reason the Chapter met with a 
most cordial reception from both Faculty and stu- 
dents. For some time the Chapter's meetings 
were held in the Hesperian Hall, but afterwards 
changed to a room, in the main college build- 
ing, which was set apart for the fraternity's use. 
This room was on the third floor, in the south- 
east corner, directly opposite the Chi Phi room. 
These two fraternities, therefore, agreed never to 
meet on the same night, and, in case of call-meet- 
ings for the same night, the fraternity that posted 
its notice first on the bulletin board should have 
precedence. 

At the time of Kappa Sigma's advent, Trinity 
College was practically a new field for fra- 
ternities. Chi Phi was then considered to have 
the ranking chapter in the college, but there 
were quite a number of first-rate men who had 



Policy of the New Chapter. 7 

no fraternal obligations whatever. The charter 
members of the old Eta proceeded with conserva- 
tive enthusiasm and found their way open to 
Chapter success. It must be borne in mind that 
at this time the old Eta and Zeta really composed 
the entire Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Realizing 
that the Chapter must stand almost unaided, and 
that their future work must be purely construc- 
tive, the charter members of the old Eta disre- 
garded all except the surest foundation. It is a 
noteworthy fact that, while no seniors were ini- 
tiated during this first session, five out of the nine 
men who composed the Chapter during the spring 
of 73 became college graduates. 

After the accomplishment of his mission at 
Trinity, Brother Durham proceeded to Wilming- 
ton, N. C, and soon returned to the University 
of Virginia. The fraternity continued its policy 
of extension, so that seven more chapters were 
established before the disbanding of the Chapter 
at Trinity College in 1879. Before the disband- 
ing of the old Eta Chapter in the fall of 1879, 
there was no medium of communication among 
the chapters except by private letter — The Kappa 
Sigma Quarterly, the first Kappa Sigma maga- 
zine, not being established until the Lynchburg 
Conclave in 1885. At this time all chapters re- 
ported regularly to Zeta Chapter or to the Su- 
preme Executive Committee, but, when the gen- 
eral magazine was started in 1885, this custom 



8 Eta PkiME of Kappa Sigma: 

was dropped and chapter letters were substi- 
tuted. Brother Thomas Taylor does not remem- 
ber that any Kappa Sigma from another chapter 
ever visited the Trinity Chapter after Brother 
Durham founded it, but a voluminous corre- 
spondence was kept up with the mother chapter. 
With no manual of college fraternities and the 
whole fraternity system veiled, as it were, in 
mystery, there was no general knowledge of the 

college fraternity, especially in 
EARLY RELA= ata 

TIONS BETWEEN ^^^ South. The mother chap- 

ZETA AND THE ter's relations with the old Eta 
were probably always cordial, 
but never intimate. Out of the early records of 
the Trinity Chapter, most of which have been 
lost, the old constitution and initiation ceremony 
have been preserved, together with the following 
greetings, from Zeta, all in manuscript: "The 
makers of our badge are Samuel Kirk and Sons, 
No. 72 Bait St., Baltimore, Md. Their price is 
$8.00 [covered with $i^.oo in pencil] each. The 
getting of the badge is of course optional, but it 
would be best for every member to have one. 
The Z chapter will always give you their best 
wishes and hearty cooperation, and would now 
bid you Godspeed and go on building up the 
Chapter in your college which shall be second to 
none in the fraternity. As soon as you have 
framed your by-laws you will send a copy of 
them to Goodwin H. Williams, University of 




FOUNDER AND CHARTER MEMBERS 
James Henry Durham Adolphus Richard Wortham 

Thomas Taylor Ned H. Tucker 



Trinity College in the Seventies. 9 

Virginia, to meet the approval of Z chap; your 
mother chapter. We will always be glad to give 
you any information in our power which you 
may desire. Yrs. in K. S., S. M. Smith, Univer- 
sity of Virginia." 

In the seventies, Trinity College was a church 
school of very meager resources; in fact, it was 
understood to be rather deeply in debt, though 
not embarrassingly so, and was 
TRINITY COL= composed of three depart- 
LEQE IN THE ^ ^ ^ a 

SEVENTIES ments, preparatory, law and 

academic. There was only one 
large building, containing lecture rooms, chapel, 
offices and society halls. This was situated in a 
beautiful forest country and was the nucleus of a 
village of about three hundred people, composed 
mainly of the families of the professors and their 
kinspeople. This was considered a good-sized 
village, for the towns in North Carolina at that 
time were so few and so small that a person's 
place of residence was usually designated by the 
county in which he lived. There was no regular 
library during the whole history of the college in 
Randolph County, nor was there a gymnasium 
until late in the seventies. The college had no 
dormitory facilities, so the students roomed and 
boarded in private families or at small hotels 
run as private enterprises. The institution was 
not coeducational, but some of the young ladies 
of the immediate vicinity, of whom there were 



10 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

very few, were educated there. It offered no 
graduate courses, but conferred the degree of 
M. A. regularly, as an honorary degree, and, 
occasionally, for the completion of an unusually 
large amount of undergraduate work. Although 
the grade of the institution steadily improved dur- 
ing this time, its enrollment as steadily decreased, 
until at the beginning of the eighties it amounted 
to barely more than a hundred. 

What circumstances led to the introduction of 
the college fraternity system at Trinity, and in 
what spirit this introduction took place is uncer- 
tain, but nothing is more certain than that the 
opportunity to inaugurate Kappa Sigma there 
came as a pleasant surprise to the charter mem- 
bers of the old Eta. Nor did the occasion and 
the opportunity ever come together more happily. 
The close association of Trinity students, living 
so much together, and away from other than the 
college influences, as they did at that time, v/as 
peculiarly suited to those relations which are 
productive of the highest fraternity feeling. The 
Hesperian and the Columbian Literary Societies 
constituted by far the most prominent feature of 
student life and were carefully fostered by the 
college authorities. These societies offered medals 
in debating and oratory and possessed elegantly 
furnished rooms with good libraries. Moreover, 
scholarship, in a somewhat old sense of the 
word, was a much more prominent feature of 



Tritity College in the Seventies. 11 

college life than it is now. Then, as now, com- 
mencement was one of the most enjoyable 
occasions of the college session and was largely 
attended from Greensboro and other near places. 
A banquet was always given by the college in 
honor of each graduating class. 

At this period intercollegiate athletics were 
unknown to Trinity students, as far as participa- 
tion is concerned, but an immense amount of 
interest was taken in class games, especially in 
baseball. On account of the meager preparatory 
facilities in the South, and on account of the 
results of the Civil War, Trinity students were, 
as a class, older than they have ever been since. 
They had to originate all their diversions, and 
they considered themselves at liberty to play all 
kinds of pranks. Many were the feasts they had 
by night with chickens and apples culled from 
neighboring premises, nor were the raids which 
always preceded these feasts considered other 
than as a matter of course. Greensboro was a 
kind of students' Mecca, and the boys used to 
run off there as often as they could without their 
absence being detected by the college authorities. 
Some of them would have kept livery teams of 
their own, had it not been against the rules of the 
college. 'Possum and bird hunting were also 
favorite amusements. Trinity students then had 
a weekly holiday and were compelled to go to 
chapel. After the college was moved to Dur- 



12 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

ham, however, the hoHday was abandoned and 
the college work was distributed throughout six 
days in the week, but a remnant of the old holi- 
day idea remains in the fact that no chapel ser- 
vices have ever been held on Saturday. The stu- 
dents watched for the arrival of the mail as the 
principal event of each day. There was no rail- 
road closer than five miles, and so the mail came 
to the college by stage, being brought twice a 
day. 

In accordance with the leading suggestion in 
Zeta's greetings to the Chapter, given above, the 
initial care of the first three Trinity Kappa 
Sigmas was to secure badges. A few days after 
Brother Durham's departure three badges were 
ordered from Baltimore and received at Trinity 
in a reasonable time, costing each of the three 
members nine dollars. Brother Thomas Taylor 
still has his badge, and prizes it very highly. He 
relates that not long after these first badges were 
received, a member left his badge on a large linen 
duster which he was accustomed to wear and that 
a student whom they never thought of taking in, 
put on the duster plus the badge (not knowing 
nor appreciating the significance of it) and wore 
it until the badge had been observed by several 
other students and members of the other fraterni- 
ties. The Kappa Sigmas were twitted with hav- 
ing taken in such a person and explanations were 
consequently forthcoming. This incident made 



Trinity College in the Seventies. 13 

the Chapter more guarded than otherwise it 
might have been in its selection of pledges and in 
the care of the emblem. It showed that the new 
fraternity was being closely watched by the others 
and that a misstep would lead to deterioration 
and dissolution. 

The matter of by-laws was then taken up. A 
code was drawn up and a copy sent to Zeta Chap- 
ter, but most of the by-laws were a matter of 
growth, and the suggestions of Zeta were adopted 
at various times. As one result of Brother Dur- 
ham's very efficient instruction in the purposes of 
fraternity work, no internal dissention was ever 
tolerated in the Chapter. A provision was early 
incorporated in the by-laws, that in case of a pro- 
tracted and ill-natured dispute or disagreement 
between two members, in which the members 
refused to be reconciled, the members should be 
required to resign from the fratrenity in due 
form, but a unanimous vote by secret ballot was 
required to accept this resignation. This law 
never had to go into operation in any instance, 
but it had a salutary effect in doing away with 
disputes over trivial matters. The by-laws also 
provided, among other things, that absence from 
a meeting without an acceptable excuse should be 
attended by a fine of one dollar. 

Brother Durham had left with the new Chapter 
a copy of the constitution of the fraternity, one 
provision of which was that not more than one 



14 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

person should be elected to membership in the 
order at a single meeting, and that no other elec- 
tion for membership should be held until that 
person should have been duly initiated or should 
have signified his unwillingness to enter the fra- 
ternity. This provision enabled each member to 
vote on every subsequent candidate. When a 
new man was initiated, some member loaned the 
initiate his badge until the new man could get 
one of his own, just as the present custom is in 
this matter. George David Tysor, a classmate of 
Brother Wortham, became the fourth member of 
the Chapter and that not until about two weeks 
after Brother Durham had left. The five other 
members during the session of 1872-73 were: 
Julius L. Holmes (deceased), '75, a sophomore 
and law student from Cotton Grove, N. C. ; Wil- 
liam Anderson Thomas, '76, a freshman frOm 
Davisboro, Ga., who afterwards established 
Kappa Sigma at Mercer University, graduated 
there and studied medicine at the University of 
Virginia, being there an affiliate of Zeta; he 
stayed at the University of Virginia only one 
session and completed his course at the Jefferson 
Medical College at Philadelphia; Thomas Ed- 
ward Kirkpatrick, 75, a sophomore and resident 
of Charlotte, N. C. ; Rufus Basom Kearans (de- 
ceased), 75, a sophomore and resident at Trin- 
ity; James Williamson Dillon, 75, a sophomore 
and resident of Brunswick, Gao Of the three 



Trinity College in the Seventies. 15 

charter members Brothers Wortham and Tucker 
are- deceased. 

The young Chapter rapidly waxed strong and 
prospered. One of its early schemes was to 
establish a chapter at Raleigh, N. C, to draw its 
membership from the alumni and ex-students of 
Trinity College who lived there. Permission to 
do this was obtained from Zeta Chapter, and all 
arrangements were completed by Brother Thos. 
Taylor to go to Raleigh and establish the pro- 
posed chapter, but for some unknown reason 
this was never done. 

The different chapters at Old Trinity tried to 
work together in harmony. Soon after the intro- 
duction of Kappa Sigma, they each appointed a 
committee of three to meet together and draw up 
articles. They agreed to preserve a uniform 
practice in "all elections in the Literary Societies, 
or in the election of Marshal or Manager," and 
to keep their agreement secret. This agreement 
was entered into in a spirit of fairness of the fra- 
ternities towards one another, and it was laxness 
in its enforcement that finally led to their dis- 
banding in 1879. 

As for the history of the Chapter from the 
session of 1873-74 to the latter part of 1878 we 
have very few definite facts, since the minutes 



16 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

of this period have been de- 
THE GROWTH ^ j i . u . j 

AND PROSPER= stroyed or lost, but we do 

ITY OF THE know that it was in a flourish- 

ing condition, and that it kept 
in close contact with the parent chapter. The 
members who are living at present and who were 
in the Chapter during this period speak very en- 
thusiastically of the many good times they had, 
and love to relate the sweet memories of those 
good old times. There is no doubt that the Chap- 
ter was at the height of prosperity at each one 
of the intervening sessions spoken of and that 
the members were of the best type of young man-' 
hood, as is evidenced by the fact that these men 
now occupy positions of honor and respect 
throughout the South. Thos. Taylor, who grad- 
uated in 1875 and who was considered a kind of 
a guardian of the Chapter, attended the three 
following commencements after his graduation 
and kept in close contact with the members. He 
says he always found the Chapter in good condi- 
tion, and that they quite often wrote to him. Dr. 
E. T. White, of the class of 1878, after he had 
been out of college some time, was once asked if 
he had ever known Thos. Taylor. His reply was, 
"Yes, he partly raised me." 

In fact it is the memory of such characters as 
Thos. Taylor that causes so many of the older 
members to write enthusiastically about those 
former days. Brother G. D. Tysor, who gradu- 




MEMBERS AT OLD TRINITY 
George David Tysor Herbert Edmund Norris 

William Alexander Thomas Peter Edmund Hiues 

James Lucius Craven William Parker Alercer 



Growth and Prosperity of Chapter. 17 

ated in 1874, says: "Well, well, Tom Taylor, 
Tom Taylor, too goody good old Tom. Why, 
yes, he was a great good old grand-mama and I 
can see the boys all holding to his skirts and con- 
fessing their sins and taking such medicine as 
Tom thought best to administer. Dear Brother 
Tom! I wish I could shake his honest old hand 
and see him puff away at his old cob pipe. May 
he live long!" Many of the informal meetings 
were held in Thos. Taylor's room. The boys 
never made any attempt to have an exclusive 
boarding place, but they soon found themselves 
all boarding at one Mrs. Leak's home, who was 
very good to all of them. As a whole the student 
life was one of application, and "very few were 
disposed to go on foraging expeditions during 
the dead hours of the night, yet it is true that 
occasionally some very clever boys would pull a 
fat hen off some foreign roost and bake her 
before a roasting fire until the tender meat would 
mingle delightfully with boarding house biscuits." 
As for paraphernalia, this was rather scanty, 
although the regular meeting room in the Main 
Building was fixed up very nicely for carrying on 
business. 

During the session of 1877-78 the college man- 
agement had some considerable improvements 
done on the campus and buildings. There was 
a new wing built to the Main Building, the 

2 



18 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

lower floor being the gymnasium and the upper 
floor the chapel. It was in the gymnasium that 
the banquet of the Chapter was held in the 
spring of 1879. There was quite a noted caterer 
at High Point, N. C, who served this banquet. 
Most of the girls for this occasion came from 
Thomasville and Greensboro. 

Dr. Craven, in order to get the different socie- 
ties of the college to take an interest in beautify- 
ing the campus, extended to them the privilege 
of placing any floral design representing their 
insignia on the campus. The members of Kappa 
Sigma were very eager to take advantage of this 
opportunity. Brother Norris was the committee 
from Eta to speak to the President in regard to 
the Chapter placing a design in the shape of the 
fraternity badge. He was the first of any of the 
committees to speak to Dr. Craven, and conse- 
quently secured the most desirable place for the 
same, which was directly in front of the Main 
Building. Shells were brought from the eastern 
part of the State to beautify the design. 

The minutes of "Eta Prime" for the session of 

1878-79 show that the Chapter numbered at least 

fifteen active members at the close of the session. 

These members were as fol- 
•*ETA PRIME" 



DURING THE ^^^^ ' Thomas Wesley Taylor, 
SESSION OF Thomas Neal Ivey, Frank 
1878-79 Haywood Taylor, Herbert Ed- 
mund Norris, Edwin Gibbons Moore, William 



Eta Prime During Session of 1878-79. 19 

Throop Lyon, Thomas Raybon Pepper, Dabney 
Belvin Rinehart, Fletcher D. Biggs, B. H. 
Sharpe, Amos Frederick Becton, Daniel Elijah 
Perry, William Henry Nicholson, Benjamin 
Franklin Lane, and James Clarence Fink, the 
last nine being initiated during that session, in 
the order named. From the minutes of the first 
meeing of the session, dated September 30, 1878, 
we quote: "All spent a pleasant time talking of 
Kappa Sigma's great success and achievements, 
and determining how we could start work for the 
coming year. After quite a lengthy debate upon 
the subject, the fraternity adjourned to com- 
mence our regular work at the next meeting." 
(Signed) T. W: Taylor, W. G. M.; H. E. Nor- 
ris, G. M. C. ; T. N. Ivey, G. T. ; E. G. Moore, G. 
S. From the minutes of November 9, 1878, we 
quote: "Under the head of General Business it 
was moved and passed that the W. G. M. appoint 
a committee to confer with other Fraternities on 
the propriety of getting up a Magazine, a thing 
that will be interesting and instructive, and 
through which we may know how other Fraterni- 
ties are progressing, for which purpose Bros. 
Norris and Moore were appointed.* A commit- 
tee consisting of Bros. Norris, Pepper and Moore 
was appointed to bring up the shells belonging to 
the K. S. badge from Dr. Craven's room." From 

*This was the first proposition for inter-fraternity journal- 
ism of which the writer has any knowledge. 



20 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

the minutes of December 1, 1878, we quote: 
"The committee appointed to get the shells from 
Dr. Craven's room reported that they had 
brought them up. Also Bro. Norris, the chair- 
man of the committee appointed to communicate 
with the old members of the Fraternity concern- 
ing the Magazine, reported that he had written to 
several of them and that he had received letters 
from Bro. Wortham and Taylor expressing their 
views upon the subject. Bro. Norris then offered 
some Resolutions of the Fraternity which on 
motion were accepted, and it was decided that 
they should be printed and sent to other chapters 
of the K. S. Fraternity. The business being too 
much for a committee of two to attend to, Bro. 
Ivey was appointed as the third. Under the head 
of General Business, it was proposed that the 
Fraternity meet twice a week, Thursday and 
Saturday nights. It was also proposed in order 
to interest the members of the Fraternity that 
one of the members should deliver an Oration 
for the good of the order at every regular meet- 
ing, and was carried by a vote of three to two. 
Bro. Ivey was appointed to deliver an Oration at 
the next meeting." From the minutes of March 
29, 1879, we quote: "The Fraternity decided that 
all should meet next Saturday to complete the 
Badge in the campus." From the minutes of 
April 16, 1879, we quote: "Since it has been a 
matter of some difficulty to get the Badge wa- 



Eta Prime During Session of 1878-79. 21 

tered, it was determined that the members of 
the Fraternity should be divided into companies 
of three each, and that they should water it each 
evening successively. The Fraternity then went 
into the election of Speakers for the Banquet 
occasion, which resulted as follows: To deliver 
the address — W. B. Mercer, Farewell — Thos. N. 
Ivey, Reply — E. G. Moore." From the minutes 
of April 26, 1879, we quote : ''Under the head of 
Report of Committees, Bro. Moore made a report 
as follows : To defray the expense of the Ban- 
quet that a tax of $2.00 PER CAPITA be levied 
which report was received. Under the head of 
General Business, Bro. Moore made a motion 
that we elect a member of the Senior Class to 
deliver an Address of Welcome at the Banquet 
which was carried, the Fraternity then proceeded 
to the election, which resulted in the election of 
H. E. Norris. Bro. Moore also read a letter 
from Bro. Page, W. G. S. of Kappa Sigma, in 
which he sent his congratulations and best wishes 
for the Chapter's success. On motion a recess 
was declared, after which the house was called to 
order and the Banquet tickets were distributed." 
It was during this same session of 1878-79 that 
those conditions were brought about that led to 
the disbanding of the Chapter. Brother Thos. 



22 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

W. Taylor relates that until 
THE DISBAND- jg/g the fraternities were run 
CHAPTER solely as social organizations. 

At the commencement of that 
year, being at the end of the session of 1877-78, 
there arose a dispute over the awarding of the 
debater's medal in the Hesperian Literary So- 
ciety. The originator of the dispute was a mem- 
ber of the Chi Phi, who claimed that the non- 
fraternity men were discriminating against the 
members of his fraternity. The dispute grew in 
intensity during the ensuing session of 1878-79, 
and for self-protection the fraternities combined 
against those who did not belong to these orga- 
nizations. The outsiders then formed an organi- 
zation, obtained a charter from Phi Delta Theta, 
and initiated nearly every outsider in college, 
solely for the purpose of gaining numerical 
strength with no regard to the social features. 
This brought about a bitter fight with the other 
fraternities over every honor that the literary 
societies bestowed. In the spring of 1879 Dr. 
Craven attended the General Methodist Confer- 
ence at Atlanta, Georgia, and was absent from 
college for four or five weeks. During that time 
the election for Chief Marshal and Manager for 
the ensuing Commencement came off. George M. 
Bulla, of High Point, N. C, organizer of the Phi 
Delta Thetas, and Evans Tanner, of Sassafras 
Fork, N. C, a member of Chi Phi, were candi- 



The Disbanding of the Chapter. 23 

dates for the same office, and by aid of the Alpha 
Tau Omega and Phi Delta Theta fraternities, 
Bulla was elected. Just why the Alpha Tau 
Omegas joined in with the Phi Delta Thetas is 
not known. Bulla's combination was too strong 
for the other two fraternities, and encouraged by 
this circumstance, he also ran for the presidency 
of the Hesperian Literary Society. This was 
contrary to custom and considered an outrage on 
account of Dr. Craven's absence. Tanner was 
the rival candidate against Bulla in this contest 
also. F. H. Taylor, a brother of T. W. Taylor, 
and a member of Kappa Sigma, though not a 
member of either literary society, was a good 
friend of Tanner and offered to join the Hespe- 
rian Literary Society solely for the purpose of 
voting for him. Bulla and his crowd contended 
that as F. H. Taylor would cast the deciding 
vote in the contest he had no right to join for 
that purpose. The candidates then called in Pro- 
fessor Carr to settle the dispute. The Professor 
took the ground that F. H. Taylor had a perfect 
right to join unless it was shown that he was 
socially or morally unfitted. The next vote on 
F. H. Taylor's name as a candidate for member- 
ship in the literary society was put on these 
grounds. The society rejected him a second 
time. Bulla was elected contrary to all prece- 
dent simply by the mass of the two fraterni- 
ties. Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Tau Omega, 



24 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

combined for that purpose. When Dr. Craven 
returned he was so incensed that he determined 
to disband all the fraternities and would doubt- 
less have done so in the following year if the fra- 
ternities had not disbanded by agreement at the 
beginning of the next session. 

At Commencement of 1879 there was a meeting 
of some of the alumni of Trinity College. Of 
course the disturbance in the societies spoken of 
above was still fresh in the minds of those inter- 
ested in the welfare of the college. At this meet- 
ing of the alumni one of them who had not been 
a member of any of the fraternities made a very 
strenuous speech against the further existence of 
the fraternities at Trinity and made a motion that 
the alumni send in a petition to the Board of 
Trustees to perfect the purpose of his speech. 
Professor W. H. Pegram, a Chi Phi alumnus and 
a member of the Faculty, opposed this plan, but 
proposed that a committee be appointed to confer 
with representatives of the different fraternities 
with the view of geting them to disband of their 
own accord. Professor Pegram's proposition 
was adopted and he, with one other alumnus, was 
appointed to confer with representatives. This 
was so near the end of the year that nothing 
could be done at that time. So at the beginning 
of the following session Professor Pegram con- 
ferred with one member of each of the fraterni- 
ties whom he considered the leader of his respec- 




MEMBERS AT OLD TRINITY 



Edward Bascom Claywell 
Julius I>. Holmes 
Sherrod Thomas Hall 



James F. Tanner 
Herbert Milton Barrow 
Robert Henr3' Hargrove 



Inception of the Devil's Thirteen. 25 

tive chapter. In each case this was done without 
the knowledge of the other fraternities until the 
Professor found that they were all willing to dis- 
band. - Then he had the different fraternities to 
enter into an agreement not to initiate any more 
men and thus let the respective chapters cease 
to exist in the college. 

After the three chapters of fraternities at Old 
Trinity were compelled to disband in the fall of 
1879, the fraternity idea languished. Member- 
ship in one or the other of the 
THE INCEPTION ^^q literary societies was made 
IL'S THIRTEEN" almost compulsory by the Fac- 
ulty with the purpose of keep- 
ing down the fraternity spirit. During the en- 
suing period of about ten years, the college ex- 
perienced a sort of slump due to lack of support 
and to situation remote from the public. In the 
fall of 1890, however, almost coincident with the 
agitation of questions concerning great improve- 
ment in the college, the fraternity idea began 
unconsciously to reassert itself for the first time. 
During the session of 1890-91, some time before 
or after the Christmas holiday period, some of 
the students were very much surprised one morn- 
ing at chapel to find quite a number of seniors 
ostentatiously wearing a badge or emblem of 
some society not previously known at college. 
This society took the name "9019," and kept 
itself shrouded in mystery as much as possible. 



26 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

Thomas Co wper Daniels, David Anderson Hous- 
ton, and Fred Harper were among the few 
seniors who did not have this badge on. There 
were a number of students in the other classes 
who were surprised and, perhaps, piqued at being 
left out of an organization that sported so pretty 
a badge. Naturally these outsiders drifted into 
frequent discussions of the new organization, and 
a few choice fellows finally, in a spirit of deviltry, 
organized, secretly, a society known as the 
"Devil's Thirteen," which had practically no aim 
or object, except to get the most fun possible out 
of the situation. 

One night, during the early part of the year 
1891, Daniels, Houston and Harper, with several 
others, were returning from a raid of some kind 
when the spirit moved them to organize secretly. 
They went immediately to Daniels' room, dis- 
cussed the matter, and appointed a committee to 
get up a prospectus and constitution for the pro- 
posed society, and to report in one week. These 
fellows were an exceedingly congenial lot who 
had been going together during that and the pre- 
vious session. Their organization was sponta- 
neous, was not in opposition to anything, and 
was not for the purpose of getting into a frater- 
nity. Daniels, Houston and Harper were class- 
mates and all graduated at Old Trinity with the 
class of 1891. 

At the end of one week, the committee re- 



Inception of the Devil's Thirteen. 27 

ported satisfactorily, and the question of a name 
for the society became in order. It was the fancy 
and suggestion of Frank Armfield to adopt the 
name ''Devil's Thirteen," and to meet in a place 
to be called ''Hell's Hollow." This suggestion 
was adopted and the number of members was 
afterwards raised and limited to thirteen. A deep 
ravine back of Dr. Craven's house was selected 
for "Hell's Hollow." In this ravine was a small 
unfinished tobacco barn built of logs. The barn 
had not been far enough finished to have any 
place cut out for a door or to have any roof, 
so the boys used to climb down into it over 
the walls to hold their meetings, until the haunted 
cottage was discovered. The early initiations 
were carried on in Mrs. Albright's barn, owing 
to the unsuitableness of "Hell's Hollow" for such 
purposes. In the early part of the same winter, 
about the time of the first snow, some of the 
boys were prowling around in the woods one day 
and came upon a deserted cottage which looked 
good to them for a meeting place, because 
"Hell's Hollow" was too much exposed to the 
cold weather. This cottage was about two miles 
from the college, and was considered haunted, by 
the people of the neighborhood, so that no one 
would go near it at night. The boys rented this 
cottage from its owner for $2.00 a month, and 
kept it for a meeting place. Their purpose devel- 
oped to perpetuate the society as a sophomore 



28 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

organization, and they soon began to observe a 
regular form in conducting their meetings. In 
getting up their secret work, Daniels procured the 
assistance of a Skull and Bones man, an alumnus 
of Yale. This secret work was very. highly prized 
by the members and the secrecy of the organiza- 
tion cannot be too greatly emphasized. Before 
long the existence of such an organization was 
rumored, but the identity of its members was 
not divulged for several years. 

During the early days of the organization a 
lecturer came to Trinity College and related an 
incident of his college career in which a society 
was formed for the promotion of impromptu 
speaking. The members would meet and each 
would secretly write upon a slip of paper a sub- 
ject. These slips would then be shaken up in a 
hat, the roll called, and as his name was called, 
each member would go to the hat and draw out a 
slip. He was compelled, under penalty, to deliver 
a five minutes talk upon the subject he found 
written on the slip he had drawn. This idea was 
appropriated by the members of the "Devil's 
Thirteen," and it was decided to enlarge the 

society, change its name to the 
THE "OWLS" "Owls," and have for the main 

feature of its meetings this lit- 
erary impromptu speaking. At one of the meet- 
ings some one spoke on the subject of Greek 
letter fraternities and advocated trying to get 



The Owls. 29 

into one of them. This matter was discussed at 
various times and several letters were written to 
different fraternities, but none of them wanted 
to come in sub rosa, so nothing ever came of 
this, because faculty opposition to fraternities 
precluded the possibility of acting openly with 
any degree of success. 

In order to preserve the secrecy of the identity 
of the members in soliciting new members, they 
followed the plan of sending an unsigned, printed 
letter to the proposed candidate, inviting him to 
join, and enclosing an emblem for him to wear in 
case of his acceptance. If he wore the emblem, 
they would send him a second similar letter in- 
structing him where to be on some apointed 
night. The place of initiation would then be sur- 
rounded by sentries. No word was spoken dur- 
ing the initiation. The candidate was met by the 
first sentry and passed on by him to the second 
and on to the third. The third sentry blindfolded 
the candidate and led him to the meeting place. 
The members all wore masks and black gowns 
and were provided with whistles which they used 
for carrying out a regular code of signals. All 
this precaution was necessary in order to keep 
them from being followed and spied upon. 

This organization never did assume any very 
stable form. During its existence, it probably 
had in all as many as forty members. The prime 
movers gradually lost interest when the number 



30 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

of members became so large. The integrity of 
the organization seemed to have been lost, its 
vitality gradually seeped away, and it perished, 
probably soon after the college was moved to 
Durham in the fall of 1892. 

The story of the "Devil's Thirteen" has no 
place in the history of Eta Prime Chapter, ex- 
cept inasmuch as two of the founders of this 
society, Thomas Cowper Daniels, '91, and David 
Anderson Houston, '91, became charter members 
of the revived Chapter at Durham, N. C, in 
1892, after Fred Harper, '91, another of the 
founders of this society, had become a Kappa 
Sigma at the University of Virginia. Several 
others who had been members of the "Owls," at 
least, were also initiated into the revived Chapter. 
During the session of 1891-92, Daniels and Har- 
per remained at Trinity as law students, and 
Houston remained as an assistant in the Commer- 
cial Department. 

At the beginning of the session 1892-93, Fred 
Harper went to the University of Virginia to 
study law, while Daniels and Houston remained 
at Trinity College. During 
PREVIOUS^O the session of 1891-92, Daniels, 
RE-ESTABLISH= Houston, Harper, and Davis, 
^^^'^ '94, with others, had petitioned 

Phi Delta Theta for a charter, but owing to the 
fact that the college was on the eve of being 
moved to Durham, N. C, and the necessarily 



Previous Activities. 31 

chaotic conditions incident thereto, this petition 
was not granted. Also, when Harper did not 
return to Trinity College in the session of 1892- 
93, Daniels, Houston, and Davis, '94, withdrew 
from this petition. Harper was initiated into 
Kappa Sigma at the University of Virginia on 
October 11, 1892, and immediately he and some 
others of the active members of Zeta Chapter 
became active in an effort to reestablish the Chap- 
ter formerly at Trinity, as is shown by the letters 
quoted below: 

University of Virginia, 
Tuesday Oct. 12, '92. 
Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 

Dear Bro. Martin: — I wrote you last Saturday or 
Sunday in regard to placing a Chapter at Trinity 
College, N. C, but as I have received no answer from 
you as yet, I write again and ask that you will please 
answer by return mail. 

We succeeded in convincing Mr. Harper, of Trinity 
College, that our Fraternity was the fraternity, 
although he was closely followed by several others, 
and last night he was initiated into the secrets of the 
order and right nobly did William do his part. 

He is very enthusiastic and says he knows of eight 
men who will join, if they can get a Charter, and 
besides that we are going to try and make it open and 
above board — no su^ rosa, if we can help it, but if 
necessary, why then sul) rosa. I know some of the 
men he proposes and they are good men. Now, if we 
are going to act. it must be at once, for Phi Delta 
Theta is trying to get there ahead of us. If this 
meets your approbation, signify by returning to me 



32 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

in your letter a blank for application. If necessary 
I think you would be justified in telegraphing the 
S. E. C. at their expense. 

And if you decide to grant the Charter, who will go 
down and do the work? There is an old K. S. in the 
town, so only two men would be necessary. Could 
not you be one of them? 

I hope to get better succeS'S from this than from 
the Washington Chapter. Yours in K. S. 

A. J. WiTTSON.* 

University of Vieginia, 
Department op Law, Oct. 19, '92. 
Mr. Herhert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 

Dear Brother : — I received a communication from 
a friend of mine at Trinity College, N. C, saying he 
has five men and wants a Chapter of K. S. I told him 
to send the petition to you and you would attend 
to it. 

I know all the boys he mentioned save one. I 
have attended college with all, save that one, and I 
can most unreservedly recommend them individually 
as the most companionable sort of fellows in this wide 
world. They were all of them "chums" of mine while 
1 was at Trinity. Daniels is the best all-round athlete 
in the South undoubtedy. He is a Ph. B. from Trinity 
and is back taking law. He is about 22 years old. 
Houston is an A. B. from Trinity, is about 21 years 
old, and is taking a ipost-graduate course in Political 
Economy. His family is one of the best in Monroe, 
N. C, as Daniels' is in New Bern. Davis is perhaps 
the sportiest, best young fellow in Trinity today. His 
family is all that could be desired and K. S. can't find 



•Albert Jackson Wittson was an initiate of Delta Chapter 
and a resident of Greensboro, N. C. 




William Streeiy 1 1 ale 
John D. Hargrove 



MEMBERS AT OLD TRIiMTY 

Edmund Thomas White 
R. B. Barefoot 

Grandison Christian Edward; 
William Parsons Ivev 



Charles North Mason 



Yancej' Thomas Ormond 



Previous Activities. 33 

a better man. Rowland is another whom I will vouch 
for most earnestly. He plays on Trinity's football 
team and is an honor man. His family is one of the 
best in Vance County. The other man, Harrison, I 
do not know, but I'll answer for any man they want. 
They say he has plenty of money and promises well in 
college. There is but one frat in Trinity now, A. T. O. 
(sul) rosa), but there is one S, A. E. and one Beta 
Theta Pi, and if we want the start we had better not 
hesitate. These boys say they want a frat and if K. S. 
will not give them a Charter they will apply for an- 
other, they want K. S. because I am one. 

Trinity bids fair to become the best college in the 
South, as indeed she is already in -the State. They 
will not have to go sub rosa and I earnestly recom- 
mend a speedy grant of a charter. Fraternally, 

Feed Haepeb. 

NoETH Danville, Va., Oct. 20, 1892. 
Mr. Thos. Daniels, Trinity College. 

Dear Sir: — My good friend and brother in Kappa 
Sigma, Fred Harper, of U. of Va., has just written 
that you, together with four friends, Messrs. Houston, 
Davis, Rowland, and Harrison, wish to secure a char- 
ter for a Chapter of Kappa Sigma at Trinity College. 
Knowing Trinity to be the leading institution in the 
State and among the best in the South, and further, 
having a high regard for Harper's judgment of men 
who are worthy and well qualified to enter the Kappa 
Sigma Fraternity, I will be free to say to you that I 
am ready for my ipart to endorse your petition for a 
charter, and that there need be no trouble in your 
securing the same. To this end I ask that you for- 
ward the petition to me and I will at once take steps 
to insure prompt action upon the part of the Supreme 



34 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

Executive Committee of the Fraternity. Many of the 
preliminaries usually gone through with in regard to 
granting a charter may be dispensed with in this 
case, since we knoiw our ground so well. 

I see no reason why your Chapter should not be in 
good running order within the month. This, however, 
depends in a large degree upon the promptness with 
which you send the petition asking for the charter. 

You may not have been told that one of the strong- 
est and most successful of our Chapters was once 
located at Trinity. It had upwards of fifty names 
upon its roll when those iron-clad anti-fraternity laws 
caused its death. I am rejoiced that we are soon to 
see our old Eta Chapter revived, a thing I have long 
been wishing to see. 

Do you remember when Trinity first played the U. 
of Va. in Richmond,* and that after the game several 
Randolph-Macon students were up in your room at 
the hotel? I was among the number, and am glad to 
feel that we may hecome more fully known to each 
other within a short time. 

Awaiting an early reply from you, I remain, 
Yours very truly, 

Herbert M. Martin. 

North Danville, Va., Oct. 20, 1892. 
D7\ Jas. H. Durham, Wilmington, N. C: 

Dear Sir and Brother: — We are about to revive 
the old Eta Chapter at Trinity College and wish to 
reissue the Charter with the names of those charter 

*The first game between Trinity College and the University 
of Virginia, played at Richmond, was in the fall of 1890. 
Trinity was defeated, but she won from the University of Vir- 
ginia the next year and held the championship of the South in 
football. During the next year, session 1891-92, Thomas 
Cowper Daniels was captain of the football team. 



Previous Activities. 35 

members appearing who comiwsed the Chapter when 
you established it on February 28, 1873. The records 
do not show who were the charter members, and hence 
I write to you, hoping that you may be able to tell me 
who they were, since the honor was yours of establish- 
ing the Chapter. I give below the names of those who 
composed the Trinity Chapter during the first year of 
its existence, and from the number you may be able to 
pick those who were the charter members or were in- 
itiated on the day you established the Chapter. 

I will inform you of the day set for the reestablish- 
ment of the Chapter and hope you may find it conven- 
ient to be with us in Durham on that occasion. Await- 
ing an early reply from you, I am. 

Yours fraternally, 
Herbert M. Martin, W. G. S. 

MEMBERS OF ETA CHAPTER, TRINITY COLLEGE 

Session 1873-'74. 

P. S.— Thos. Taylor, Townesville, N. C. ; A. R. Wor- 
tham, Henderson, N. C. ; Ned H. Tucker, Olive, N. C. ; 
P. E. Hines, Toisnot, N. C. ; Geo. D. Tysor, Fair Haven, 
N. C. ; Wm. P. Mercer, Toisnot, N. C. ; T. E. Kirkpat- 
rick, Charlotte, N. C. ; E. B. Claywell, Morganton, N. 
C. ; J. W. Dillon, Brunswick, Ga. ; J. L. Holmes, Trin- 
ity College, N. C. ; R. B. Keerans, Trinity College, N. 
C. ; J. L. Craven, Trinity College, N. C. ; W. A. Thomas, 
Bartow, Ga. ; S. Thos. Hall, Davishoro, Ga. ; J. F. Tan- 
ner, Sandersville, Ga. ; R. B. Barefoot, Wilson, N. C. 

Henderson, N. C, Oct. 24, 1892. 
Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 

Dear Sir : — The above letter has been sent me for a 
reply. Charter members you will find to have been 



36 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

Thos. Taylor, A. R. Wortham, N. H. Tucker, Hines, 
Tysor, and Mercer.* I w;sh you may be successful. 

Yours fraternally, 

a. r. woetham. 

Univebsity of Virginia, 
Department op Law, Oct 21, 1892. 
Mr. Herl)ert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 

Dearest Brother: — Your letter jusit received and 
will write to confirm your opinion of Daniels and 
Rowland. You met tliem both in Richmond. As for 
their leaving college soon — Harrison is, I think, a 
Freshman. Houston and Daniels are both likely to be 
connected with the college for several years yet. Row- 
land and Davis are only Juniors. Besides, Daniels 
wrote that he had others in view. 

I am glad that you are enthusiastic in the matter, 
for I earnestly believe that K. S. could not do better 
than to grant this charter. 

I am in daily expectation of a letter from Daniels, 
and will write you all particulars. Let me know de- 
velopments and I will try to 'get off to help "goat" 
them. Fraternally yours, 

Fred Harper. 

♦There is good reason to believe that Thos. Taylor, A. R. 
Wortham, and N. H. Tucker -were the only men initiated by 
Bro. James H. Durham on his trip to Trinity in 1873 for the 
purpose of establishing the old Eta Chapter. Hines, Tysor, 
and Mercer may have been initiated by Thos. Taylor, A. R. 
"Wortham, and N. H. Tucker at their first meeting aftsr Bro. 
Durham left, and, in that sense, may have been considered 
charter members by the first three initiates. 

NOTB. — See page 14, 



Previous Activities. 37 

Tbinity College, Durham, N. C, 

October 28, 1892. 
Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Va.: 

My Dear Sir: — Yours of the 20th came to hand a 
few days ago. 

Since writing to our old comrade Harper, one of 
the fellows has left College — Rowland. We do not 
want to petition with Harrison, as he is a new man 
whom we do not know well as yet. 

If the old Eta Prime Chapter can be revived by us 
— with four men, we would be highly honored by 
being accepted. 

We are very desirous of becoming K. S.'s and would 
be glad if you could get us a Chapter through. The 
men will be: D. A. Houston, '91, Post-graduate work; 
¥. B. Davis, '91; F. G. Westbrook, '94; Tom Daniels, 
'91, Law. 

If a fifth man is required, we can get one, but would 
prefer the establishment with the above four, as we 
desire to fill our ranks with good men from the Fresh 
classes. 

I remember very well the R. M. students at Rich- 
mond, and hope to be honored by being permitted to 
become a fraternity mate of at least one of that num- 
ber. Very truly yours, 

Tom C. Daniels. 

North Danville, Va., Oct. 28, 1892 
Mr. T. C. Daniels, Trinity College: 

My Dear Sir: — Your esteemed favor of the 27th 
inst. is at hand and in reply thereto will say: Al- 
though sorry to learn that Rowland has left college, 
yet a charter may be granted to four, and we will be 
glad to revive old Eta Chapter through yourself, to- 
gether with Messrs. Houston, Davis and Westbrook. 



38 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

I enclose herewith a form of petition which you will 
please sign and have each of the other three to sign 
it, after which you will forward it to me, and upon 
receipt of same I will proceed at once to put it 
through the proper course, and will lose no time in 
drawing up the charter. I would impress upon you 
the imiportance of attending to this at once, since we 
wish to have the Chapter in running order as soon as 
possible. 

Awaiting an early reply from you, I am, with re- 
gards. Yours truly, 

Herbert M. Martin, 

Worthy Grand Scribe. 

Trinity College, Durham, N. C, 
October 29, 1892. 
Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Va.: 

My Dear Sir: — Yours to hand. We will file the 
petition as soon as Mr. Westbrook returns from home, 
where he has gone to register and vote. We could 
sign for him, but as you desire the signatures we will 
await his return. 

Another matter — Last fall Harper, Houston, Davis 
and I were placed on a petition to the Phi Gamma 
Deltas [there is good reason to believe that Phi Delta 
Theta is meant for Phi Gamma Delta] — ^which char- 
ter was withheld until the institution reached Dur- 
ham. 

Houston, Davis and I withdrew from the petition; 
and Harper, going to the University of Virginia, be- 
came a K. S. Now what we desire to know is if that 
will interfere with our petition to you. 

We were added to the other petition when it was 
held over for a year. We withdrew and desire a 
Chapter of the Kappa Sigma instead. 



Previous Activities. 39 

I thought it best to explain this matter, so that you 
would see our previous condition. 

Will send on petition as soon as Westbrook returns. 
Yours very truly, 

Tom C. Daniels. 

In The Caduceus of January, 1893, appeared 
the following by Herbert M. Martin : 

Immediately after the Conclave in October, the S. 

E. C. were informed by Bro. Fred Harx)er (Z), who 
was formerly a student at Trinity, that several of 
his most intimate friends there were desirous of enter- 
ing K. S. and reviving the Chapter which had existed 
there from 1873-1879. The men were communicated 
with and in due time a petition was forwarded to the 
S. E. C, bearing the signatures of Thomas Cowper 
Daniels, Frank Bettis Davis, David Anderson Hous- 
ton, and Frank Gibbons Westbrook, who were prop- 
erly recommended and vouched for by Bro. Harper. 
The Supreme Executive Committee, being satisfied 
that the petitioners were worthy and well qualified to 
become men of the fraternity, , . . granted the 
petition, and accordingly on November 30th issued a 
duplicate to the original chcirter, which bore the name 
of Thomas Taylor, A. R. Wortham, N. H. Tucker, P. 

F. Hines, George D. Tysor and William P. Mercer, 
and date of February 3, 1873. 

I wired Trinity that I would be there on December 
1st. I was met in Greensboro by Brother W. W. Mor- 
ris, '92, of Delta, and together we journeyed on to 
Durham, where we were warmly welcomed by the 
prospective members. 

Bro. J. D. McDowell came over from Davidson Col- 
lege on the noon train, and we found ourselves three 
strong, and fully capable of handling the "goats," even 



40 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

though three of them were football players, and con- 
sequently men of considerable size. 

We were fortunate in securing the hall of the 
Knights of Pythias for the initiation, and six stalwart 
knights were ushered through the XXXXXX, there 
having been added to the four petitioners two others, 
Luther Thompson Hartsell, '94, and Sterling Black- 
well Pierce, '95. 

It gives me pleasure to introduce to the fraternity 
the revived Eta Prime, and I am sure a cordial wel- 
come awaits the Chapter at the hands of all. 

From the standpoint of the fraternity this 
Chapter was not considered sub rosa, as the chap- 
ter letter appeared regularly in The Caduceus, 
and no secrecy of the existence 
SEMI=SUB ROSA ^f ^he Chapter was preserved 

FrIteRNITIES "^y ^^^ ^' ^- p- But from the 
standpomt of the cojlege and 
of the general body of students the existence of 
the Chapter was suh rosa. Even the latter state- 
ment needs qualification, for after a short while 
the suspicion became prevalent of the existence of 
Greek letter fraternities in college. As time 
passed on this suspicion grew into a certainty and 
finally into actual knowledge. At this time a 
chapter of Alpha Tau Omega was also living in 
college, their chapter having been revived at Old 
Trinity in 1890. It was commonly understood 
among students and Faculty that both Kappa 
Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega had chapters in 
Trinity College. 



Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities. 41 

However, one phase of the fraternity life at 
Trinity was strictly sub rosa. This was the per- 
sonnel of the members. Only one member of 
Eta Prime wore the badge, and this was Daniels. 
He was a post-graduate at this time, and was, of 
course, at liberty to wear the emblem. But no 
other member of the Chapter made himself 
known as such, and hence, membership was 
strictly secret. Of course, under such conditions 
there was much curiosity among the students as 
to who the Greek letter men were, but the mys- 
tery remained unsolved. 

A good example of how faithfully this feature 
was preserved is found in the following episode, 
which occurred in the spring of 1893 : Samuel 
W. Sparger had been initiated into Kappa Sigma 
in April, 1893, and sometime during the same 
session Ernest J. Green had been initiated into 
Alpha Tau Omega. Both were members of the 
Freshman Class and Warm personal friends, but 
neither knew that the other was a fraternity man. 
Soon after Sparger's initiation a jeweler came 
to Durham, and Sparger purchased a badge, 
but kept it in his trunk almost all the time. One 
day a short time before commencement Sparger 
and Green were going down town together, and 
the conversation drifted to the much discussed 
question of the existence of fraternities in col- 
lege. Both hesitated to confess any definite 
knowledge on the subject, but suddenly by a sort 



42 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

of mental telepathy each suspected the other, and 
by common consent each produced from his 
pocket a fraternity badge, one a Star and Cres- 
cent, the other a Maltese Cross. 

Another episode occurred during the same 
session which shows how the President of the 
college and the Faculty were cognizant of condi- 
tions. One day a member of Kappa Sigma, upon 
returning to his room, found an envelope under 
his door containing a notice to appear at the 
President's office. This was the method then 
used by the President to signify to a student his 
desire for a conference with him. Upon receiv- 
ing this summons the student went to the office 
where President Crowell took him to task for a 
very trivial affair. The student made a satisfac- 
tory explanation and was about to leave, suppos- 
ing the interview at an end, whereupon the presi- 
dent said: 

"Well, one moment, please. Are you a mem- 
ber of any Greek letter fraternity?" 

"Yes, sir," after a momentary hesitation. 

"Of what fraternity are you a member?" 

"Kappa Sigma," answered the student. 

"Who are the other members of this frater- 
nity?" asked the President. 

"I cannot tell you this, sir, as I do not care for 
them to become known." 

"Do you not know, Mr. , that it is the 



Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities. 43 

spirit of Trinity College not to allow the exist- 
ence of secret fraternities?" 

"Yes, sir, but the existence seems to be no 
secret." 

''Well, if I ask you to resign from this frater- 
nity, will you comply?" 

"No, sir." 

"Well, sir, I will bring this matter before the 
Board of Trustees at their next meeting, and it 
is possible that your resignation from college 
will be demanded, unless you resign from the 
fraternity. In this case what will you do?" 

"I shall resign from the college, sir." 

With this the President sought to draw out the 
freshman concerning the object of the existence 
of the chapter. Not being eminently successful, 
he exclaimed: 

^ "Oh, I was a member of a secret society at 
Yale, I know your purpose. You exist to have 
your secret blow-outs, feeds, banquets, and wine 
suppers." 

The student then told the President that, while 
no doubt, in his society at Yale such customs 
were followed, in Trinity College Chapter of 
Kappa Sigma no such features were tolerated, or 
ever had been tolerated. 

In fact, the Chapter at that time had a by-law 
which forbade any member to come into the 
chapter hall under the influence of intoxicants, 
or with any upon his person. A fine of $5.00 



44 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

was imposed for any offense even to the extent 
of a brother's having a flask in his pocket. It is 
also a matter of fact that this rule was carried 
out literally, and only once was there any ap- 
proach to its violation. This was in the case of 
a visiting brother who, upon approaching the 
chapter hall, made it known that he had a flask 
of liquor in his pocket, and accordingly, before 
he was allowed to enter, he was compelled to 
leave it behind. 

As time went on, however, the secrecy of the 
membership in Greek letter fraternities could not 
be kept. In 1894, Dr. John C. Kilgo became 
ESTARLISH= president of the college. He 

MENT OF himself is a member of Kappa 

ALPHA=MU Alpha ( Southern) ^ and, under- 

standing students as well as fraternity activity, 
was soon pretty well acquainted with the frater- 
nity situation. On June 3, 1893, a sister chapter, 
Alpha-Mu, at the University of North Carolina, 
had been established, the charter members being 
initiated in the Knights of Pythias Hall at Dur- 
ham, with Eta Prime men for sole sponsors. The 
active members for that session, 1892-93, the 
first session of the revived Eta Prime, were 
twelve in number, and they all participated in 
the ceremonies of this occasion. Alpha Tau 
Omega also had a chapter at the University of 
North Carolina, and it became quite customary 
for the members of these chapters to come to 



Establishment of Alpha-Mu. 45 

Durham, a distance of twelve miles, periodically 
for the purpose of meeting with their respective 
"bunches" at Trinity. Since Dr. Kilgo is a man 
of keen perception, these visible signs of frater- 
nity activity were not lost upon him. 

President Kilgo, although understanding the 
situation thoroughly, did not consider the exist- 
ence of the Greek letter chapters legal, as the 
spirit incident to the anti- fraternity agitation at 
Trinity, in 1879, still determined the attitude of 
the college towards Greek letter societies. From 
this standpoint the fraternities were still sub rosa, 
and his idea was that any fraternity was suh rosa, 
whether it did or did not proclaim itself publicly, 
so long as it was existing contrary to the spirit 
of the college, or so long as it was not officially 
recognized by the college. Things went on in this 
manner while Dr. Kilgo kept close watch on all 
movements. 

At Commencement of 1900, Dr. Kilgo was 
unwell, so the Board of Trustees met in his 
private study at his residence on the campus. 
On this Board of Trustees were several frater- 
nity men, some of whom were A. T. O.'s, and 
two Kappa Sigmas. The Kappa Sigmas were 
Rev. Thomas Neal Ivey, '79, and Dr. Edmund 
Thomas White, '78. It appears from the events 
that actually took place that the A. T. O. Chapter 
had planned for a banquet at this Commencement. 
Many of the alumni were informed and appeared 



46 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

for the occasion. Of course, this intention on 
the part of the A. T. O. Chapter was not sup- 
posed to be pubUcly known. But Dr. Kilgo had 
fully divined their purpose. Accordingly, in the 
course of events in the session 
ACTION OF of the Board of Trustees, the 

BOARD OF ^' r 4.U ■ ^ £ 

TRUSTEES question of the existence of 

fraternities in the college was 
brought up. At this juncture the President of 
the college took the floor. He stated to the Board 
that their position was fallacious on this subject. 
He reminded them that the Trustees were sup- 
posed to have placed fraternities under a ban at 
Trinity, that they met year by year in the knowl- 
edge that secret Greek orders existed in the col- 
lege, and did nothing to relieve the situation; he 
further stated that several members of the Board 
itself were about to disregard the very rules 
which they themselves were supposed to sanction. 
He told them that, while they were in attend- 
ance upon this meeting, their dress suits were 
cleaned, pressed and lay waiting in their suit- 
cases to be donned that night for the purpose of 
attending a fraternity banquet in the college. 
This remark caused general laughter. 

President Kilgo then proceeded to state to the 
Board his personal position in the matter. He 
said that he himself was a member of a Greek 
letter fraternity and that for him to enforce 
rigidly an anti- fraternity policy would be incon- 



Action of Board of Trustees. 4?7 

sistent on his part as he saw it ; that to carry out 
such a policy conscientiously he would feel com- 
pelled to give up his fraternity association, — a 
thing which he said he did not intend to do. He 
then made the motion before the meeting to with- 
draw the policy of opposition to secret orders. 
This motion was passed. 

Thus the Commencement of 1900 is the date of 
the official reestablishment of Eta Prime Chapter 
from the standpoint of the college. From this 
until the present time Kappa Sigma and other 
secret orders have enjoyed the recognition of the 
college authorities. Upon such organizations no 
great number of iron-bound restrictions or cur- 
tailment of privileges is placed. The first re- 
quirement of any organization at Trinity Col- 
lege is to have a worthy object and secondly to 
obey such rules as are passed for its own good 
by the authorities in control. And never since 
the dawning of this new century has secrecy been 
considered a collegiate crime or held as a bar to 
the attainment of a worthy object at this institu- 
tion. 

In accordance with their intentions, the Alpha 
Tau Omega held their banquet that commence- 
ment at the Carrolina Hotel. As the action of 
the Trustees was taken, so to speak, at the 
eleventh hour, there was no time for a fraternity 
which had not already made its arrangements to 
have a banquet. Hence Kappa Sigma did not 



48 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

make its official ''debut" until the following 
commencement, at which time she gave her first 
banquet under the new regime. Since that time 
Eta Prime has never failed to hold her annual 
banquet during the last week of the college ses- 
sion. 

As soon as it was publicly known that anti- 
fraternity restrictions were removed, Trinity Col- 
lege was at once considered a good field for chap- 
ters of other orders. Accord- 
NEW ARRIVALS ingly the following year two 
new Greek letter chapters were 
founded. Kappa Alpha (Southern) was estab- 
lished on October 18, 1901, and Pi Kappa Alpha 
on November 30, 1901. No opposition was felt 
towards these, as both of the older chapters felt 
that there was room for other societies of like 
order at Trinity. During the next session, 1902- 
03, a Junior order called the "Tombs" was organ- 
ized, which is of peculiar interest to Eta Prime, 
inasmuch as one of her men, Lemuel Hardy Gib- 
bons, '04, wrote almost its entire ritual. This 
society, presumably, was designed to level, in 
the general round of college life, all real or im- 
aginary barriers between fraternity and non- fra- 
ternity men, and for purposes of good fellow- 
ship. The *'Tombs" has maintained a high and 
distinctive standing. in the college community. 

After official recognition of fraternities by the 
Trustees, Eta Prime continued very active. The 



Beta-Upsilon. 49 

following year a neighboring college, the North 
Carolina College of Agricul- 
BETA=UPSILON ture and Mechanical Arts, peti- 
tioned the S. E. C. for a char- 
ter from Kappa Sigma. This charter was 
granted, and on February 23, 1903, nine mem- 
bers of Eta Prime went to Raleigh, N. C, where 
the A. & M.. College is situated, and were spon- 
sors at the installation of the new chapter under 
the name of Beta-Upsilon. The existence of 
Beta-Upsilon and Alpha-Mu gives Eta Prime two 
near ^neighbors and the very best of brotherly 
feeling has always marked their relationship. 

It cannot be said with exactness that the exist- 
ence of the fraternities at Trinity Q)llege has 
been altogether unmolested by any anti- fraternity 
activity, for at different times 

NITY ACrTvm "^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ friction between 
the fraternity and non- frater- 
nity men has shown itself, although this feeling 
has pervaded the general student body in only a 
few instances. Peace between the two elements 
has reigned, indeed, most of the time. An ex- 
ample of the general status of affairs is given 
by the following statement of a former student: 
"When I entered Trinity College in the fall of 
1903, there was some anti-frat feeling percep- 
tible. I did not join a fraternity until the spring 
term. During the period between the time I 



50 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

entered college and the time I joined the frater- 
nity, I was approached by two or three non-fra- 
ternity men, on different occasions, who solicited 
my vote as a member of the Freshman Class and 
as a member of one of the literary societies. 
They stated to me that I should not vote for any 
fraternity man, since I was not one of them, and 
sometimes they gave other reasons." 

One Sunday morning in October, 1904, there 
were found distributed about the campus, espe- 
cially in the Duke Building, a number of anony- 
mous circulars of white glazed paper, about 
nine by sixteen inches in size, on which was 
printed a very bitter attack against the fraterni- 
ties. An adequate , idea of this circular can be 
gained from its head lines given below: 

THE COERUPTION IN THE FRATERNITIES 
AT TRINITY COLLEGE. 

The Low Nature of These Fraternities. The 
good-for-nothingness of their members. they 
Try TO Predominate with Their United Force Both 
Socially and Politically. Social Distinction Theib 
Purpose, but Licentiousness Their End. They Re- 
form Their Drunkards by Giving Them Wine to 
Drink at Their Receptions. Other Colleges Have 
Discarded Them. Dr. Kilgo Expresses Sentiment 
Against Them. 

This circular of protest was supposed to have 
been printed at Raleigh during the State Fair. 
The writer or writers were never found out 
with certainty, since every precaution had been 



Non-Fraternity Activities. 51 

taken to conceal their identity. Of course, some 
degree of excitement followed from the reading 
of these circulars by the student body, and a few- 
rash statements were made by some of the fra- 
ternity men, but on further consideration they 
decided that it was better "to treat it with silent 
contempt." It is certain that the student body 
did not sanction the contents of this circular, for 
they immediately called a meeting and passed 
resolutions denouncing the author and the spirit 
of the circular. Dr. Kilgo, during the following 
week, took occasion to state to each of the Bible 
classes, which were the only classes he taught, 
that the publishing of such a paper without sign- 
ing it was a cowardly act, that he hoped he 
would never know the author, and that one 
thing was quite certain that when a chapter had 
an unworthy member no one was more conscious 
of it than the chapter itself. In the wake of the 
above related incidents there followed more har- 
mony than ever between the two elements in 
college. No expression to confirm the spirit of 
the circular ever came to light till the whole epi- 
sode was forgotten. 

After the "circular" episode, as has been- re- 
lated, there was a reaction. One form of this is 
noticeable in the general fraternity feeling which 



52 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

seemed generally to take root. 
EPSILON *^ Unconfirmed reports were fre- 

quent of other Greek orders 
entering college. Many believed that these were 
being chartered and were existing sub rosa. It 
was a matter of weekly occurrence for it to be 
whispered that such and such a club or "bunch" 
had petitioned some fraternity or other. There 
is no reasonable doubt that there were petitions 
for charters at this time, but up to the present 
there has been only one evidence that any were 
ever granted. This was in the case of Theta Nu 
Epsilon. During the session of 1905-06 it became 
evident that Theta Nu Epsilon would enter col- 
lege. It is probable that men were bid from all 
four of the general fraternities, Alpha Tau 
Omega, Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and 
Kappa Sigma. In the case of Kappa Sigma it is a 
matter of fact. But in compliance with the reso- 
lution passed at the St. Louis Conclave, 1904, no 
Kappa Sigma accepted this invitation. As both 
Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Alpha have simi- 
lar regulations, the membership of the new chap- 
ter was confined to Pi Kappa Alphas and non- 
fraternity men. The chapter was short-lived. 
As far as it is known no one was ever invited into 
the new chapter after its establishment. There is 
good reason to believe that the Faculty, after 
looking into Theta Nu Epsilon fully, advised the 
charter members not to initiate any more men. 



Meetings of District IV. 53 

No doubt the first few days of February each 
year are of more interest to the fraternity men 
at Trinity College than any other part of the 
year, with the possible exception of Commence- 
ment. Initiation of first year students before the 
first of February has been prohibited by the col- 
lege authorities since September, 1903. Our 
Chapter has always had a number of new men 
to initiate about the first of February each year. 

These annual initiations have been made part 
of the features of District IV's annual meetings. 
The idea of these meetings at Durham was sug- 
gested to Eta Prime by Bro. 
MEETINGS OF jjugh T. Shockley, in the fall 

DISTRICT IV r Tnf\c u i - -. . ^w 

of 1905, while on a visit to this 

Chapter. The members of the Chapter were 
eager to have this idea developed into a real thing 
of success, and accordingly appointed a commit- 
tee to make arrangements for the same. The first 
meeting of District IV was held in the Knights 
of Pythias Hall on February 3, 1906. Besides 
the members of Eta Prime and the Durham, 
Concord, and Kinston Alumni, there were pres- 
ent Herbert M. Martin, W. G. S.; Stanley W. 
Martin, W. G. T. ; Hugh T. Shockley, D. G. M. 
of District IV, and several representatives from 
Beta-Upsilon, Alpha-Mu, Delta, and Alpha-Nu. 
The morning session of the meeting was a busi- 
ness one, during which reports were read from 
each chapter of the District, questions of interest 



54 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

were discussed by the D. G. M. and others, and 
much sound advice was given by the members of 
the S. E. C. who were present. In the after- 
noon the visiting brothers were shown about the 
city of Durham and Trinity College, until the 
initiation began about six o'clock in the after- 
noon. This initiation was conducted by a picked 
team of alumni and the D. G. M. Just after the 
initiation a flashlight photograph of those present 
was taken. The meeting then adjourned to the 
Carrolina Hotel, where an excellent banquet was 
served, toasts were given, and hearty yells and 
songs were indulged in. 

The history of the meetings of District IV in 
1907 and 1908 is more or less a repitition of the 
history of 1906, except that to each meeting some 
new feature has been added and each has had the 
advantage over the previous one in enthusiasm 
and results obtained. A minute account of these 
district meetings can be found in the files of The 
Caduceus and in the Eta Prime scrap-book. On 
account of the central location of our college and 
the conveniences of the city of Durham, it has 
been easier for these meetings to be held with 
Eta Prime than with any other chapter of the 
District, and the members of the Chapter have 
always been glad to try their utmost to make 
these meetings a success in every particular. 

Although Eta Prime has always been accus- 
tomed to communicate by letters with certain of 



Letters to Alumni. 55 

her alumni at various intervals, in accordance 

with the resolutions passed by 

^fVr^^? ^^ the S. E. C. and published in 

ALUMNI ^j r^ , X- r r^ 

The Star and Crescent of Sep- 
tember, 1905, the Chapter has issued a circular 
letter to her alumni every session since, and in- 
cluding that of 1905-06. The first letter, dated 
April 2, 1906, contains among other things an 
announcement of the first meeting of District IV 
which had just been held. These letters have 
made the active Chapter feel a closer relationship 
to her alumni. In fact, the effect of these letters 
in this regard has been reciprocal, and it is to 
be hoped that the custom of sending them out has 
become well enough established to endure. 

One of the chief events of fraternity life at 
Trinity College is the annual banquet held during 
Commencement week. All the fraternities look 

^riMMCMz-c forward to this occasion as the 

COMMENCE" 

MENT BAN- crowning feature of the col- 

QUETS iggg year, and there is always 

more or less rivalry among the fraternities at 
this time. Commencement is the gala week at 
Trinity. Prominent public speakers are pro- 
cured for this occasion, and the college is practi- 
cally given over to numerous social events and 
other exercises. Many of the alumni of the 
college return at this time to participate in one or 
more of the events, and in the bringing back of 
the alumni at Commencement the fraternity ban- 



56 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

quets play no small part. The college authorities 
appreciate and encourage the work of the fra- 
ternities and look on the annual banquets with 
favor. 

The custom of holding annual banquets began 
at the Commencement of 1900. From 1892 to 
1900 the Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Sigma 
fraternities existed at Trinity College in a semi- 
sub rosa state, and in the latter year the Board 
of Trustees of the college removed the ban 
from these organizations. As has been said, the 
Alpha Tau Omega had previously arranged to 
have a banquet that year. Eta Prime gave her 
first banquet at Commencement, 1901. Brother 
Samuel W. Sparger was the manager of this 
happy occasion. The banquet was a great suc- 
cess. Each succeeding banquet has been well 
appointed in every respect and Eta Prime feels 
that she has. always been unsurpassed on such 
occasions. The loyal alumni of our Chapter have 
always shown a disposition to be liberal with 
their contributions, and to favor these occasions 
with their presence and oratory. 

Eta Prime gives her banquet each Commence- 
ment on Monday night. Before the Carrolina 
Hotel was destroyed by fire, May 1, 1907, the 
banquet was always given there. At the Com- 
mencement of that year, through the kindness of 
Miss Anne Roney^ Fair View, the residence of 



Commencement Banquets. 57 

the late Washington Duke, was thrown open to 
the Chapter for the banquet. 

There are always about thirty-five couples, in 
attendance at these banquets, besides one or more 
members invited from the Faculty and several 
other invited guests. Many brother Kappa Sig- 
mas, and young ladies from all parts of the State 
have always enjoyed these banquets with us. 
Representatives from Alpha-Mu, Beta-Upsilon, 
and Delta have been present on many of these 
occasions. 

In 1904, four of the sophomores of the Chap- 
ter were suspended from" the college just before 
Commencement for engaging in a hazing episode 
in which a sophomore was shot and seriously 
injured by a freshman. The absence of these 
men was noticeable at the ban(:iuet, since their 
aid as escorts was needed badly. 

The banquet of 1906 was perhaps the most 
costly and elaborate in the history of the Chap- 
ter. The Board of Trustees saw fit in 1907 to 
place a limit on the cost of the banquets, and 
especially on the cost of favors. A committee 
was appointed from the Faculty to consult with 
representatives from the four fraternities in 
order to get an idea of what a conservative ban- 
quet should cost. This was done and a limit 
was promptly placed on the fraternities in this 
regard. Eta Prime has no desire to evade these 
regulations in any way, but she endeavors to keep 



58 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

the annual banquet up to the high standard 
handed down by the old men. 

A better idea of these banquets is furnished 
by the following clipping, which is a part of an 
account from one of the State papers, The Char- 
lotte Daily Observer, of June 9, 1907: 

"The Kappa Sigma banquet was given at Fair 
View, the beautiful and hospitable home of Miss 
Anne Roney, on West Main street, Durham, 
N. C. The lawn about the house was decorated 
in very artistic style with Japanese lanterns and 
red, white and green electric lights, these colors 
being those of the Fraternity. Inside the home 
the color scheme was also well carried out, and 
the streamers of crepe paper arranged artisti- 
cally about the doors, the walls and chandeliers 
made a pretty scheme. The entire first floor was 
thrown into one apartment and a merry throng 
of brave young men and lovely young women 
filled every nook and corner. 

"The banquet table extended the length of the 
hall and dining room with cross sections extend- 
ing into the music room and drawing room. 
American beauties, red and white carnations, 
sweet peas and smilax were the chief decorations, 
making the table a veritable 'thing of beauty.' 
The menu cards were enclosed in dainty lizard 
skin card cases with the Kappa Sigma Caduceus, 
done in gilt, on them. Miniature Dresden china 
pianos contained bonbons and also represented 



Commencement Banquets. 59 

the harmony of the occasion. Banks of palms, 
ferns and roses, and other cut flowers filled every 
corner, and the whole scene was one of rare love- 
liness. Dughi, of Raleigh, served the banquet. 
Rev. T. A. Smoot, pastor of Main Street Method- 
ist Church, presided as toast master, and did it 
in his usual entertaining way. The following 
were the toasts responded to : 'Eta Prime,' L. G. 
White, of Portsmouth, Va.; 'The Ladies,' T. 
W. Smith, Jr., of Petersburg, Va. ; 'What Kappa 
Sigma Means,' Prof. A. H. Meritt, Professor of 
Greek, Trinity College. Impromptus were given 
by J. E. Pegram, G. G. Greever and several 
others. Soon the wee small hours arrived, and 
after each had given a toast to the kind hearted 
and hospitable hostess. Miss Roney, the guests 
departed." 

It is almost impossible to give a complete out- 
line of the various activities of each member of 
the Chapter while in college, or since leaving his 
Alma Mater, and hence such a thing is not under- 
taken, but we are sure that a record of these 
men will compare very favorably with a record 
of any like number who have been connected with 
the college. It is a notable fact that no one of 
Eta Prime's initiates has ever been expelled or 
has withdrawn from the Fraternity. In all, the 
Chapter has graduated forty-four men, twenty 
in the old Eta Chapter and twenty- four in the 
new Eta Prime. Some of the older members 



60 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

have sent boys to college who have become Kappa 
Sigmas in the new Chapter. The members have 
always shared in all the honors of the different 
phases of college life— in the literary societies, 
honorary societies, clubs, college publications, 
athletic teams, class offices, and Y. M. C. A. 
We cannot refrain from saying that our men 
have attained success of which we are justly 
proud. Not only is this true of the men while in 
college, but today throughout the South, and 
especially in North Carolina, these men are keep- 
ing up their excellent records. We find them as 
physicians, judges, lawyers, legislators, college 
professors, newspaper men, bankers, business 
men and leaders in their respective communities. 
We find them doing their share in making the 
world a better place, not only for Kappa Sigmas, 
but also for mankind in general. 



CHAPTER ROLL 



Namb Initiated 1873 Address 

Thomas Taylor, Townesville, N. C 

Adolphus Eichard Wortham, 

Died November 4, 1897. 

Ned H. Tucker, 

Died April 9, 1889. 

George David Tysor, Wadley, Ga. 

Julius L. Holmes, 

Died , 

William Anderson Thomas, Bartow, Ga. 
Thomas Edward Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, N. C. 
Rufus Bascom Kearns, 

Died January 4, 1893. 

James Williamson Dillon, Thomasville, Ga. 

Peter Edmund Hines, Cambridge, Md. 

William Parker Mercer, Elm City, N. C. 

Edward Bascom Claywell, Morganton, N. C. 
James Lucius Craven, 

Died November 12, 1885. 

Sherrod Thomas Hall, Sandersville, Ga. 



Initiated 1874 


James F. Tanner, 




Died 


, 


R. B. Barefoot, 




Died 


, 


Herbert Milton Barrow, 


Concord, N. C. 


Herbert Edmund Norris, 


Ealeigh, N. C. 


Paul J. Carraway, 




Died January 28, 1900. . 


Robert Henry Hargrove, 


Robertsonville, 



N. C. 



62 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

NAMB INITIA.TED 1874 ADDRBSS 

William Streety Hales, Ansonville, N. C. 

John D. Hargrove, Tarboro, N. C 

William Parsons Ivey, Lenoir, N. C 

Charles North Mason, Harlow, N. C. 

Edmund Thomas White, Oxford, N. C. 

Initiated 1875 
Robert Oscar Grant, Wrightsville, N. C. 

Alexander M. Long, Rockingham, N. C. 

John A. Morgan, WasTiington, D. G. 

Robert Paine Pell, Spartanburg, S. C. 

Martin T. Penn, Floyd, Va. 

Initiated 1876 
Grandison Christian Edwards, Edwards, S. G. 
Yancey Thomas Ormond, Kinston, N. G. 
E. Franklin DeBerry, Mt Gilead, N. G. 

Wililam Haywood Bobbitt, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Initiated 1877 
William Reynolds Allen, Goldsboro, N. C. 

Thomas Wesley Taylor, Soudan, Va. 

Walter C. Ingram, Trinity, N. G. 

Died at Trinity, N. C. 

Thomas Neal Ivey, Raleigh, N. G. 

Frank Haywood Taylor, Aurelian Springs, N. G. 

Died at Aurelian Springs, N. C. 

James A. Stallings, Henderson, N. G. 

Died June 15, 1889. 

William Throop Lyon, Oxford, N. G. 

Thomas Davenport Wright, Durham, N. C. 

Died February 25, 1901. 
Initiated 1878 
William Henry Nicholson, Hickory, N. C. 
Edwin Gibhons Moore, Elm City, N. G. 

Thomas Rayburn Pepper, Winston, N. G. 



Chapter Roll. 63 

Namb Initiated 1878 Address 

Dabney Belvin Reinhart, Merrill, Wis. 

Flether D. Biggs, White's Springs, Fla. 

DiedMay 31, 1892. 

B. H. Sharpe, 

Died , 

Amos Frederick Becton, Kinston, N. C. 

Daniel Elijah Perry, Kinston, N. 0. 

Died March 27, 1897. 

Benjamin Franklin Lane, Wilson, N. C. 

Initiated 1879 
James Clarence Fink, Concord, N. C. 

Initiated 1892 
Thomas Cowper Daniels, New Bern, N. C. 

Frank Bettis Davis, Morganton, N. C. 

David Anderson Houston, Monroe, N. C. 

Frank Gibbons Westbrook, Bay View, N. C. 
Luther Thompson Hartsell, Concord, N. C. 
Sterling Blackwell Pierce, Weldon, N. C. 
John William Daniels, New Bern, N. C. 

Albert Herbert Bangert, New Bern, N. C. 

James Walter Wadsworth, Charlotte, N. C. 

Initiated 1893 

Braxton Phifer, Little Rock, Ark. 

Samuel W. Sparger, Durham, N. C. 

William Atlas Finch, Finch, N. C. 

James Franklin Shinn, Norwood, N. C. 

John William McMinn, Brevard, N. C. 

William Alexander Green, Washington, D. C. 

Eugene Charles Rountree, Kinston, N. C. 

Initiated 1894 
Graham Woodard, Wilson, N. C. 

Paul Vernon Anderson, Morganton, N. C. 

Thomas Hall Gatlin, Jr., Tarboro, N. C. 



64 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 

Namb Ikitiated 1894 Addsbss 

William Lipscombe Dowd, Columbus, Ga. 
Thomas Arthur Smoot, Wilmingtoiij N. C. 

Initiated 1896 
Wade Hampton Anderson, Wilson, N. C. 

Initiated 1897 
John Patridge Gibbons, Wilmington, N. C. 

Stephen Woodard Anderson, Wilson, N. C. 
George Leonidas Lyon, Durham, N. O. 

Robert Bruce Etheridge, Manteo, N. C. 

Initiated 1900 
Hugh Forest Mims, Newport, Tenn. 

Hardy Fennel Robinson, Goldsboro, N. C. 

Charles Augustus Woodard, Durham, N. C. 
Lemuel Hardy Gibbons, Wilmington, N. C. 

Wilson Grinter Puryear, McKenzie, Tenn. 

Matt Hicks Allen, Kinston, N. C. 

Fred James Forbes, Greenville, N. C. 

Initiated 1901 
William Francis Gill, Durham, N. C. 

James Addison Clay well, Morganton, N. C. 

Haynes Richard Mahoney, Fernandina, Fla. 
Thomas Walter Smith, Jr., Concord, N. C. 
Richard Earl Jordan, Durham, N. C. 

Lloyd Sylvester Daniels, Wanchese, N. C. 

Lawrence Archdale Tomlinson, Durham, N. C. 
John Wesley Alspaugh, Jr., Winston, N. C. 
Daniel Shuford Murph,* Jamison, S. C. 

Initiated 1902 
James Guy Asbury, Charlotte, N. C. 

William Moseley Smith, Concord, N. C. 

Died June 27, 1907. 

Robert Anderson Brown, Raleigh, N. C. 

♦Affiliated from Alpha-Nu Chapter. 



Chapter Roll. 65 

Name Initiated 1902 Address 

Charles Gibbons, Hamlet, N. C. 

Lloyd Kirby Wooten, Kinston, N. O. 

William Archer Brown, Concord, N. C. 

Initiated 1903 
Henry Clay Carter, Fairfield, N. C. 

John Cooper Winslow,* Harriman, Tenn. 

Initiated 1904 
Gilmer Korner, Jr., Kernersville, N. G. 

John Gilmer Dawson, Jr., Kinston, N. C. 
Lloyd Murphy LaRoque, Kinston, N. C. 

John Clyde Bostian, Albemarle, N. C. 

John Reuben Woodard, Jr., Fayetteville, Tenn. 

Initiated 1905 
James Willis Bagby, Hickory, N. C. 

Gustavus Garland Greever, Carthage, Mo. 
Emsley Armfield, Monroe, N. C. 

John Mack Holland, Gastonia, N. C. 

William Alexander Goodson, Kinston, N. C. 

Initiated 1906 
Leon McTyeire Johnston, Littleton, N. C. 
Joe Albert Hartsell, Concord, N. C. 

Thomas Bayton Suiter, Garysburg, N. C. 

Henry Lilly Smith, Concord, N. C. 

Daniel Elijah Perry, Kinston, N. C. 

Edwin Buchanan Lyon, Durham, N. C. 

Luther Gehrmann White, Portsmouth, Va. 
Charles Robey Claywell, Morganton, N. C. 

Initiated 1907 
Romulus Alonzo Whitaker, Jr., Kinston, N. C. 
John Edward Pegram, Durham, N. C. 

Samuel Jenning Asbury, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. 
George Alexander Gray, Jr., Gastonia, N. G. 

♦Affiliated from Lambda Chapter. 



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Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 



Namb Initiated 1907 Address 

Forrest Unna Lake, Jr., Florence, S. O. 

Julian Jay Lane, Wilson, N. 0. 

Lewis Sneed Sasser, Durham, N. C. 

Robert Gaffney Laney, Monroe, N. O. 

Initiated 1908 
Richard Montgomery Norment, Lumberton, N. C. 
Russell DeLessepp Korner, Kernersville, N. C. 
Charles Dowd Gray, 
Maynard Preston Daniels, 
Donald Furman Cheatham, 
Thomas Daniel Chatham, 
Albert Sartor Berghauser, 
Wilbur Alexander Mahoney, 



Gastonia, N. C. 
Wanchese, N. C. 
Norfolk, Va. 
Elkin, N. C. 
Fulton, Mo. 
Fernandina, Fla. 



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